MMDA to ban PUJs along Edsa

[theveed]

may jeep ba sa edsa? parang di ko napapansin...

kaasar nga mga pedicabs...

[Bogeyman]

may jeep ba sa edsa? parang di ko napapansin...

May mga nakikita akong jeep na papuntang Nepa-Q-Mart or Cubao, sa EDSA dumadaan.

[basti08]

may jeep ba sa edsa? parang di ko napapansin...

ako ren...

[boybi]

sa magkabilang dulo ng EDSA maraming jeeps.

[yebo]

nambuhay na naman kayo ng thread!

may byahe na cubao-monumento pag gabi na, pag wala na mmda. sa umaga naman meron monumento-west avenue mrt station. they serve a need.

[oldblue]

alam ko may dyip from buendia to guadalupe noon araw? mayrun pa ba ngaun

[fireman111001]

naku, karamihan nman ng mga PUV drivers hindi marunong sumunod sa fast and slow lane. 2 weeks ago galing ako ng subic, sa NLEX, may isang fx nasa fast lane, e ang bagal bagal, ayaw tumabi kahit binusinahan mo na. laht ng sasakyan sa kanan nagoovertake. pero d ko naman nilalalahat, kasi based on my observation that day, karamihan ng mga drivers using NLEX knows how to use the left lane as overtaking lane only, pati mga PUB.

[blinker]

i think the ones to blame here are the LTO people. ang kukurakot nila kaya these PUV operators are not familiar about these things.. napanuod ko nga once sa TV these drivers do not even know what YIELD means, chaka ung mga hand signals nila malimali ang left turn signal nila nagmumukhang stop. tapos ung driving exam atras abante lang. dapat gayahin nila sa states talgang exam talaga, chaka walang leakage haha. na perfect ko nga exam ko dahil sa leakage haha! pero kahit gumamit ako ng leakage i learned alot! =)

[badsekktor]

i think the ones to blame here are the LTO people. ang kukurakot nila kaya these PUV operators are not familiar about these things.. napanuod ko nga once sa TV these drivers do not even know what YIELD means, chaka ung mga hand signals nila malimali ang left turn signal nila nagmumukhang stop. tapos ung driving exam atras abante lang. dapat gayahin nila sa states talgang exam talaga, chaka walang leakage haha. na perfect ko nga exam ko dahil sa leakage haha! pero kahit gumamit ako ng leakage i learned alot! =)

I agree with you bro! The problem is not the PUJ, PUB, trikes, motorcycles, etc... but the lack of implementation of the traffic rules and regulations. Another
law imposed by our "magagaling na officials" just to cover up their incompetence...

[mazdamazda]

dapat i reklamo ito ng mga PUB operators since these jeepneys eat into their market.

[Sarsi]

MMDA to ban PUJs along EDSA

By Evelyn Macairan
The Philippine Star 10/04/2004


Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando yesterday said they would strictly ban passenger utility jeepneys (PUJs) from traversing along EDSA to reduce the traffic congestion along the major thoroughfare.

In the agency’s regular Sunday radio program, Fernando said the MMDA would begin removing obstructions along secondary streets to enable PUJs to return to their original routes and decongest the volume of vehicles plying along EDSA.

"Beginning today, we would enforce the law and begin arresting drivers who are not authorized to pass through EDSA," Fernando said.

The only types of public transport allowed along EDSA are buses and taxi units.

Executive Director Angelito Vergel de Dios, MMDA-Traffic Operations Center (TOC), said jeepney drivers who would be caught violating the regulation would be slapped with a fine amounting to P6,000.

"This law has been in existence for a long time but there have been so many reasons in the past why we were unable to implement them as strictly as we would have wanted. Dapat talaga walang (There should really be no) PUJs traversing EDSA. There should be no exemptions because they do not have a franchise," Vergel de Dios added.

He clarified though that the regulation only covers vehicles that are passing along EDSA and not those that would merely cross the major thoroughfare along an intersection to reach the other side.

An example would be PUJs plying the Monumento-Balintawak route. They asked the MMDA to allow them to utilize EDSA because they cannot pass through their original route along 11th Avenue, which was reportedly congested with tricycles, a wet and dry market and posts blocking the way.

But Fernando said they would not give special treatment to any jeepney group "so we would be consistent with our regulations."

Senior Superintendent Philmore Balmaceda, MMDA-Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG) director, was instructed to clear 11th Avenue of obstacles.

PUJ drivers, he added, should fight for their right to use the 11th Avenue and not allow other groups such as tricycles to run them off their route.

5 years ago pa itong thread na ito pero nangyari ba ito? mas dumami pa nga yung jeep dito kasi meron na byaheng munoz- monumento na sa EDSA pa mismo ang terminal

yan ba ang nagpa plano mag presidente puro press release lang din, parang yung amo nyang pandak

[MaxAJ]

5 years ago pa itong thread na ito pero nangyari ba ito? mas dumami pa nga yung jeep dito kasi meron na byaheng munoz- monumento na sa EDSA pa mismo ang terminal

yan ba ang nagpa plano mag presidente puro press release lang din, parang yung amo nyang pandak

bayani fernando should be more hands on than before..

[MaxAJ]

5 years ago pa itong thread na ito pero nangyari ba ito? mas dumami pa nga yung jeep dito kasi meron na byaheng munoz- monumento na sa EDSA pa mismo ang terminal

yan ba ang nagpa plano mag presidente puro press release lang din, parang yung amo nyang pandak

bayani fernando should be more hands on than before..